Not usually. At least, he's never noticed that before, and it's not as if there aren't plenty of dead people around somewhere on Earth. He's not entirely surprised by the skepticism in that reply, though it's interesting that he seems to be aware of something that the Guides aren't.

Still, if the Rabbit can read his mind, then he should already have an idea of the reasons for the questions. Ankh looks back just as flatly. "I can't tell if you're being intentionally dense now."